Brickmaking machine



E. 'QUILLET. BRICKMAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR-3| Patented!Oct. 24, 1922..

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E. QUILLET= BRICKMAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED mmau. 1921.

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E. QUILLET. BRICKMAKINQ MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.3I, 192l- 4SHEETSSHEET 3.

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E. QUILLET. BRICKMAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR-31, 1921.

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Application filed; March 31, 1921. Serial No. 457,476.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMOND QUILLET,architect, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at Vevey, Canton of Vaud,in the Contederation of Switzerland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in or Relating to Brickmaking Machines (for which Ihave made applications for patents as "follows: Switzerland, 18thJanuary, 1918;

France, 15th January, 1919; Great Britain, 17th January, 1919; Belgium,23rd January,

1919; Italy, 29th January, 1919; Spain, 11th February, 1919), orwhichthefollowing is a specification.

The ob ect of the invention is a machine ttor making bricks ofcompressible materials, in which two superposed plates are providedwhichare moved simultaneously so as to alternately move towards one anotheror apart from one another, thelower plate bearing the portion of themould in which the compressible material is placed and the upper platebearing the pistons or the like intended to. compress the said material,

. The accompanying drawing shows, by way of example, one construction ofthe invention, intended to make several hollow bricks at a time.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine, partially insection.

Figure 2 is a. partial front elevation of Figure 1, j

Figure 3 is a plan view, partially in section, of Figure 2, I j 1 FigureA shows at an enlarged scale, a portion of the movable parts of the ma"chine.

Figure 5 is a plan view of one of the hollow bricks designed to beproduced by the machine according to this invention.

Figure 6 is a plan view of three hollow bricks corresponding to themould as shown in Figure 8 which is, with regard to the bricks, asectionon the line A, A and B, B, oiFigure 6. Figure 7 is a partialsection on the line A,A of the upper portion of one of the bricks ofFigure 6.

Figure 8 is a similar section t-o theone of Figure 4 in which themovable parts of the machine are in another respective position. Figure9 is a similar section to" the one of Figure 1 in which the movableparts of the machine are placed in a position corre sponding to thewheels G having been turned half a revolution from their position ofFigure 2.

Figure 1O is a similar section showing the movable parts in a positioncorresponding to the wheels G having been turned three quarters of arevolution t'rom theposition shown in Figure 2.

Figures 11, 12 and 13' show in plan view, in a section on line D, D andin a sectionon line E E one oi: the removable plates 0 which are placedat the bottom of the box D of the mould to form the cavities cl and theprojections c of the bricks a (see Figures 5 and 6.)

I The frame of the machine is provided with pillars (3' which form theguides for the movable plates A and B, connected by means of connectingrods E to the crank pins F, of the wheels G. The latter are acted uponby means of pinions H the rotation of which is caused by the pulley Lacting upon the endless worms K gearing with the worm wheels I fixedtothe aXles of the pinions H. A suitablehand lever (not shown) is provided for thepurpose of putting the wheels G in or out of gear at will.

The plate B of the machine carries the box D of the mould in which aplate 0 (Figure 8) is arranged to which are affixed the pro ections Bintended to form the outer shape and also the holes of the hollowbricks,

as this may be seen by comparing the superposed parts in Figures 6 and8.

Between the projections B there are pr0- vided removable plates whichare loosely laid upon the bottom plateof box D. The

said removable plates O shown in Figures 11 to 13, are intended to mouldthe holes cl and projections c of the under face 01 the bricks.

. In the form as shown, the bricks are fur-- ther to be provided withholes each end of which is providedwith. a widening (Figure/7 intendedto receive a plug connecting two adjacent bricks with one another. Thewidenings of the under face, of the brick are formed by means of theprojectio-nsn into which are screwed the rods N intended to form theholes 6. j

The upper plate A is provided with projections A intended to exactly fitbetween the projections B of the lower plate. The

said parts A are further provided with pro- .jections it intended to fitthe rods N and to form the widenings 7) of the upper face of the bricks.

The extraction rods N fixed to the plate M pass through the plate l3 andthe plate 0 (Figures 8 and 10) and they bear against the lower face ofthe removable plates 0 The plate M is fixed to a traverse M which iscapable of sliding along the rods P, fixed to the plate A and providedwith a locking device intended to temporarily interlock the saidtraverse M and the rods P.

The described machine works as follows:

The parts being assumed to be in their respective position as shown inFigure 1, one fills the compressible material into the box D of themould up to its top, as shown in Figure 8. Then one puts the wheels Ginto action thus causing the plates A and to move towards each otheruntil they reach their end position shown in the Fig ures A and 9.

In the position shown in Figures 4cand 9 the pistons A have reached theposition oi the greatest compression of the brick, which position isalso indicated in Figure 8 by dotted lines. The pistons being now at theend of their stroke have completely formed the brick, the projectionsand non plate 0 and the projections n on the corresponding upper platehaving produced corresponding cavities therein.

The traverse M by an automatic. device not. shown has now gripped therods P, wherefore as the machine is continuing its movement and as thetwo plates A and B are beginning to retreat from each other, the plate Mbeing coupled to the upper plate A will rise with the same, pushingthereby by means of the rods N, the plate 0 with the compressed brickresting. thereon, out of the descending mould D until the upper edge ofsaid mould has reached the level of the stationary table Z of themachine. At this stage of the working of the machine the brick has beencompletely cleared off A the mould and is presented on the plate 0 readyto be removed by hand.

The, machine is then stopped and the bricks are taken of]? together withtheir sup porting plates 0 These plates 0 are then replaced by similarones and then,,the lOOkiIlg connection between the traverse M and therods P is unlocked which causes the plate M and the rods N fixed to thesame to fall down to their position of Figure 1, when the workin maybegin again.

l laving now particularly described and ascertained the nature of mysaid invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declarethat what I claim is 1. A machine for making hollow bricks ofcompressiblematerial comprising an upper plate, a lower plate, means forsimultaneously moving the said plates toward and away from each other, amold carried by the lower plate for receiving the material to becompressed into bricks, and means cooperating with the upper plate inthe separation thereof from the lower plate for removing the bricks fromthe said mold in which the same are formed.

2. A machine for making hollow bricks of compressible material,comprising an upper plate, a lower plate, a mold device :arricd by thelower plate for receiving the material from which the bricks are to beformed, means for moving the upper and lower plates toward and away fromone another, means for forming a bore in each brick, and meanscooperating with the upper plate when the same is separated from thelower plate for removing the bricks l'rom the said mold device in whichthe same are formed.

3. A machine for making hollow bricks of compressible materialcomprising an upper plate, a lower plate, means for removing the saidplates toward and away from each other, a mold device associated withthe lower plate for receiving the material from which the bricks are tobe made, auxiliary plates placed in the bottom of the said mold devicefor forming grooves and depressions in corresponding faces oi thebricks, and means cooperating with the upper plate when the said upperand lower plates are separated for moving the said auxiliary plates toremove the said bricks from the mold device.

4:. A machine for making hollow bricks of compressible materialcomprising an upper plate, a lower plate, means for simultaneouslymoving the said plates toward and away from each other, a mold devicecarried by the lower plate :tor receiving the compressible material ofwhich the bricks are to be made and in which the bricks are formed,project-ions extending from the bottom of the mold device, rodsprojecting from the said projections whereby a bore with an enlarged endis made in each brick, and means cooperating with the upper plate whenthe same is separated from the lower plate for moving the bricks in themold de vice.

5. A machine for making hollow bricks of compressible materialcomprising an upper plate, a lower plate, means for simultaneouslymoving the said plates toward and away from each other, a mold devicecarried by the lower plate for receiving the compressible material ofwhich the bricks are to be made and in which the bricks are formed,projections extending from the bottom of the mold device, rods projectng from the said projections whereby a bore with an enlarged end is madein each brick, auxiliary pl ates placed in the bottom of: the said molddevice "for forming recesses in corresponding faces of the. said bricks,and devices cooperating with the upper plate when the same is separatedfrom the lower plate for raising the said auxiliary plates to remove thebricks from the said mold device.

6. A machine for making hollow bricks of compressible materialcomprising an upper plate, a lower plate, means for simultaneouslymoving the said plates toward and away from each other, a mold devicecarried by the lower plate for receiving the compressible material ofwhich the bricks are to be made and in which the bricks are formed,projections extending from the bottom of the mold device, rodsprojectingfrom the said proJectrons whereby a bore r with an enlarged end is madein each brick,

auxiliary plates placed in thebottom of the said mold device for formingrecesses in corresponding faces of the said bricks, a

transverse plate, a plurality of rods connectedto the said transverseplate passing through the bottom of the mold device and adapted tocontact with the said auxiliary plates, and means for connecting thesaid transverse plate to the said upper plate so that when the upperplate is moved to separate the same from the lower plate the saidtransverse plate and plurality of rods are actuated to raise the saidauxiliary plates and thuslii't the blocks from the mold de vice.

In testimony whereof I have afixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

1 EDMOND QUILLET. Witnesses: HENRI Borne, M. Bossier.

